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****************** .-WITH THE— us know about your M »nd relatives in the £ Phone Patchogue 1002) ir TO SERVICES—Several from this area have enlist- ee Navy lately. Among are the following whose j were sent us from the Recruiting office in Mine- ; ar y Edward Gildersleeve , 27 avenue, Patchogue; Richard ¦i 11 , 73 River avenue , Pat- e - Harvev Richardson , Jr., irt; Edward Eric Jacobson , haven . • atchogue girl is also among v ' aval enlistees. The new S is Miss Marge Sehleite r, ter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard ter of 27 Case avenue. She <! on August 26 and is now inbridge , Md. s at Bainbridge undergoing raining is Harold Bachman , ¦ Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bach- if Middle Island. is Cardamone , son of Mr Irs. Dominick Cardamone of rt , entered the Army last i and is now training at Kilmer , N. J. >ME FROM KOREA in i»r*l George Gerardino , who [«d in the Marines early in and has been overseas, in a and Korea , for 18 h8 - L Gerardino , the son of Jean Gerardino of 48 West K , Patchogue , arrived at Francisco by ship August si reached here by plane i Guardia last Thursday. niio man , Gera rdino has d in a forward post in the j lines. His last job was be radio communications in at the truce talks site ismunjom. £ IN GERMANY is Private r Read , son of Mr. and Mrs. Arxnur n. e a a , Sr., of Holtsville. Read, who trained at Port Jackson , S. C , is driving a jeep in a field artillery outfit. He sailed August 3. Before enter- ing the Army in February, Read worked with the A . new state Highway ment He is married to the ' Miss Betty Ann Baldwin tsville. His present address: Arthur Read , Jr., US \7 , C Btry., FA Bn., APO 0 Postmaster , New York , AVING AIR FORCE — t* Martin Martinez , who •Jd from overseas last «V, has been home for »1 days with his parents. »M Gonzalez Martinez of Offl. \M been in the Air Force ' J . ,e,rs and na B be * n *«¦ in England , France wratny daring the past yeara. H «*« expiration of his leave ™ r *W>rt to Camp Kilmer . , m receive his discharge w* service. « ON LEAVE - John H. ' '\' . •' was here for the » ^ V 1 , \ . 18 w >'e , visiting at *» •? hia father , Joh n H. or Sinn street , Patchogue. ^recently transferred from «¦* nrfantry division to a ... 'Sgtoeering outfit. His ' & Vtt?» 2nd En *- Bn - ne! N C D ' V \ Cam p r„f W date George La- 'M! P'brook reported Au- f a, \ Po Jt BeiTning. Ga., « tf-day furlough spent at ' ol > address: OC George C &*V 2389638 . 2«th Co! , \ «««•. Port Benning, Ga. > &* Patchogue Soys , re- fcd EV? fur -<>\S*\ . have Un Y, Ri»ll »'» . »on of llr , !r J?'\?* ™*n°* , of I^\ who has returned Sr *°? of Mr - an<l JE Gazzola , also of the Stat ic Michao1 Rocc ° . Jr - Hurned to White Sands •UWSi rf Ne Y Mexi ^ uwita u 2,) -a«y leave with 101 Northndge street. J^ W * a?H R 'l T,fERE NOW 7 m of M rb * rt B ««te»mnn . XtH,» Mr - ,n<! Mr »- Her- * fc 0t * B,ue Polnt ' •TST ! • ¦* **• Naval tf. K & 2*\* 1 \•\•k jrt.tlo. provider £i^J 2g? ? . this section fS *£»«¦ ¦ N jm . $1 .25 \» llneH • Utu » n «« , r with tMED FORCES i*rJ: T:<o i: ^t£to t;;M °v he w - T - Grant comp rr ne \ an A d companv snnUP<:TOa« j U hast Mam street - Jt was announced this week. A company spokesman S a,d the new store probably will be opened next August. ¦^J^^^L\^ it was learned that Sam Engel , proprietor of Smith s Meat market on South Ocea n avenue , has bought the site of Link' s Old Oak hotel on East Main street , and that the business property on the south- east corner of South Ocea n ave- nue and Terry street is being va- cated for a commercial develop- ment. A W. T . Grant spokesman said yesterday that the building will be modern and completely air con- ditioned for shoppers ' comfort. The spacious street and down- stairs store will be devoted to convenient one-stop shopping. The remainder will house stock rooms and store facilities. Planned as a \four-stores-in-one \ unit , the big new Grant' s will re- p lace the present W. T. Grant store at 69 South Ocean avenue. When completed , all depart- ments will be included in the new Grant store. It will combine a variety store , home-and-hardwares store , dry goods store and apparel cente r . There also will' be a large luncheonette . It is estimated that selling space in the new store will be ap- proximate l y 25, 200 square feet. Business will continue at the cur- rent store until the compan y an- nounces otherwise. Existing buildings on the East Main street side will be razed to accommodate the new building. The new Grant s in Patchogue is part of the company ' s program of expansion and improvement. Growing from a single store founded in 1906 by W. T. Grant , now chairman of the board , the W. T. Grant company now num- bers 490 stores with an annual volume of approximatel y $270 , - 000 , 000. George Hoffman & Sons , Inc., New York city, is the construc- tion company which was awarded Grant' s contract. Mr. Enget purchased the site of the former hotel from Charles Goldfein , who was the owner of the well-known inn when it was destroyed by file two years ago this month. Revenue stamps at- tached to the deed indicate that the price was at least $30 , 000. The property is on the north side of East Main stret and has a frontage of 187 feet. The lot is 250 deep. Mr. Engel said that he has had offers for it from several \large organizations , \ but has not decid- ed what to do with the parcel. The store building on the southeast corner of Terry street and South Ocean avenue , which was for many years the site of the Patchogue postoffice , is being va- Continued on page 7, this section Sh opp in g Are a Changes Loom; To Start ^ Gran t Store Sept. IS RARY PARF as commended by experts is demonstrat- \ rVIJ w 1 . *-™\ »- ed here by Michael DeSant (in apron) of « est Main street , Patchogue , (o George Davison of River ave- nue. T hey were students in a class for expectant fathers con- ducted by the County Health department in the Patchogue Village hall. —Advance Photo Safe-Crackers Hit Here and at Ma sti c MASTIC—For the second time in two years burglars broke into the ticket agent ' s office at the Mastic station and removed a safe containing over $700 of the Long Island Rail Road' s much-needed cash. According to police , the latest* ¦—- looting of the station occurred late Sunday night or early Mon- day morning and was curried out despite frequent checks of the station by routine patrols of the town police department. Following the pattern of the earlier .safe heisting job in Au- gust , 1950 , the thieves broke a rjasp loc k on the door of the agent' s office and wheeled the safe out the north door of the station. Within a few hours of the dis- covery of the burg lary, the rifled safe was found on a Long Island City sidewalk with a hole drilled in its bottom and minus $~M .M in cash that Station Agent Harry Sammis repen ted was in it the •lay befo re . If the burglars struck after .1 a. m. Labor Day morning, they worked swiftly and silently, for Howard Francisco of Mastic Beach was asleep on a bench in the station fro m that time until Continued on Page 7. this section - ^_ ^^_______ u —_ I w » \J Judges Ritchie Mvnder To Be In ducte d Sep t. 15 RIVERIIBAU-Suff olk* two new Joists will be inducted with appropriate eereinon . v and fanfare on SrjnrmUv ' 1.. . tlu d.iy ttn y '\ lu^n^Jo^ by G \ V - ernor Dewey to serve out mo few remaining months of tlu* term j of the late Justice Isaac 11. : Swezey, has been assigned b y the I Appellate division to conduct bis . first trial term here starting on that day. County Judge Fred J. Mundcr . named by the governor to till the judicial post vacated by Justin* Ritchie ' s promotion , will open the first trial session of the Suffolk County court following the sum- mer recess on the name day. Officers and members of the Suffolk County Bar association are planning the induction cere- monies , scheduled for 11 a. m. in the County court and 2 p. m. li- the Supreme court. Roth jurists will receive new judicial robes as ,rift^ of the association , and , in addition. •'»''K'' Munder will be given a new gavel. The presentation will be made l ,v Robert IL I' . 'lletreau of Patch- ogue , president of the bar associ- ation. Arrangements for the cere- ionics are in charge of Davul H. ( \ ilmartin of Southampton , who is Continued on page 7 . this sect ion Call Big Defense Parley I More than 90 civic , church and other organizations in the Pat- chogue area are being invited to send representatives to a meet- ing Tuesday night by the B rookhaven Town Civil Defense organi- zation in an attempt to acquaint area residents with steps being taken to defend the country from attack. Principal speaker will be Major Robert H. Gernand , who will outline the system of defense now in effect. A movie will be shown which portrays the operation of every branch of the Eastern air defenses. The meeting will begin at 8 p. m., in the town hall. A panel discussion is scheduled soon on radio station WPAC on women ' s part in the Aircraft Warning service , with Mrs. Nathalie Syrett representing the women ' s point of view and questioning Wil- liam P. Briscoe , Sr., of Patchogue , town coordinator of the air spot- ters , and Harry Heywood, supervisor of the Port Jefferson post. UI TMPDV UfiDMET « \hown here busily eat inu IIUINUIV I nUmNLx honey from the ti p of a thin glass tube. The hornet , supported on tweezers , doesn 't know it but the honey contains barium which has been made radioactive so that its course through his body can be traced. Biologists at Brookhaven National laboratory are investigating the small amounts of barium and other minerals necessary to various forms of insect life, as clues to a bet ter understanding of the role such minerals play in life processes. Fatal Accidents Ski p This Area During Holidays Scott , Husband of Teacher , Killed Sunday in Crash Near Fulton , Up-State Maybe the poor weather dis- couraged high speed driving, may- be drivers are learning to realize the dangers of holiday tra ffic , or maybe luck played a part, but Brookhaven town managed to come through the three-day La- bor Day weekend without a traffic fatality. However , James F. Scott , an employe at the Northport Veter- ans hospital and the husband of a teacher at the Bay Avenue school here , was fatally injured Saturday night in a highway ac- cident near Fulton , in upstate New York. His wife , Mrs. Elizabeth Scott , received only minor injuries in the crash. Friends here have learned that the Scotts , who were visiting in their home town of Oswego , had been out for dinner. They were on their way back to Oswego when the accident happened. Mr . Scott was thrown from the car , and died a few minutes later. Their only child, Barbara , 3 , was with Mrs. Scott' s mother , Mrs. Morefield , who spends the winter month s in Patchogue. The Scotts had driven to Oswego to bring back Mrs. Morefield. Funeral services and burial were at Oswego. Mrs. Scott is expected back at school Tuesday. Village Accidents Patchogue Village police re- ported three accidents involving injuries. One was at 2:30 a. m. Sunday on West Main street near Lake- land avenue. A car driven by George Balvin , 29 , of Maspeth , and one driven by Spencer Pom- pey of Brooklyn collided, and Mrs . Pompey sustained lacerations of the left leg. She was treated at the scene by Dr. Harry Mar- ganoff . but not hospitalized. Balvin was arrested for driving while intoxicated by Sergeant Ro- land S. Baker and Patrolman Richard Benincase , and , after pleading guilty before Police Jus- tice Charles N. Butler , Jr., was fined $40 and had his driver ' s li- cense revoked . Three cars were involved in an accident at 7:25 a. m. Sunday on Continued on Page 7 , this section P ettit Buri es Lions; Rota ry Softball King Before a very small crowd in CO-degree temperature . the Sayville All-Stars downed the Patchogue All-Stars , 10-3 , and Patchogu e Ro- tary eked out a 6-3 decision over the Patchogue Lions club to win the local service club championship at PHS field last night. # 1* ne games were the second of two doubleheaders played for the benefit of the Brookhaven Me- morial hospital fund. Rotary en- tered the finals by beating Ki- wanis. The Rotary-Lions tilt ,. held to five innings , was won by the , Ro- tarians with a big five-ru n fifth inning after the Lions had taken a 3-1 lead in the third . The Lions took the title last year. Art Pettit hurled a strong game for the champs who fielded the following team: Warren Niemey- er , c; Jack Roe, lb; George Fur- man , 2b; Jack Murnane , ss; Lloyd Dodge , 3b; Al Roe , sf; Ed Reh- man , If; Lincoln Schmidt , cf , and Kim Swezey, rf. The Lions were represented by: Ed Nowicki , sf; Milt Lenowitz , lb; Joe Elias , 3b; Pat Garafol a , cf; Fil Ballin , c; Ed Muller, 2b; Joe Muller , rf; Spolan , If; Ken Abrams , ss and Mickey Felice , p. The feature game of the night , the All-Sta r fracas was again a Continued on page 7. this section Special Events Ma rk Postoffice Birthday Week Air Mail Week , Exhibition Of Sketches , Concert , Open House , Lunch Set Next week the Patchogue post- office will celebrate its 150th an- niversary with a week-long series of special events including three open house evenings , according to Postmaster Joseph W. Harrison. Throughout the week a series of panel sketches by William Bo- huslaw , Patchogue letter carrier , will be exhibited in the postoffice lobby. The display, entitled \Modes of Transportation ,\ will portray the methods used to transport mail during the past 150 years. In keeping with the most mod- ern methods of mail transporta- tion , air mail week wilt be ob- served here in connection with the postal anniversary. The Air Transport association , composed of schoduled airlines carrying U. S. mail, has named Everett S. Lewis of American airlines to act as coordinator between the asso- ciation and Postmaster Harrison for the celebration. A concert by the Patchogue Fire Department band will pre- cede the opening of the postoffice Continued on page 7 , this section Radio 'Sp y ' Seen on Dock Was 'Ham ' - or Was He? Center Moriches ' \Skywatch\ became a \Spywatch\ last week and the quiet South Shore community became the scene of a \ spy hunt \ drama that had overtones of an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Characters involved in the complicated story, which stilt has as air of mystery about it after* a week of investigation , include a figure who was spotted trans- mitting radio cod e messages from the Union Avenue dock , a sharp- eyed woman air spotter , Coast Guard radio \detectives ,\ FBI op- eratives , Air Fo rce officers and Brookhaven town policemen. Tin* curtain roue on the cloak and dagger tab- at about 7:57 p. m. August 25 when Mrs. Andrew Zinser , on duty as an air spotter at the dock , reported that she saw a man transmitting radio messages from a suspicious dark automobile parked at the end of the dock. A H Mrs. Zirmer telephoned her message to Civil Defense head- quarters , the mysterious radioman drove off up Union avenue. Mrs. Zinser hastily jotted down the registration number of the vehicle and gave it to Patrolman Leroy Smith , who searched the aTca for the car. Meanwhile , fed.Mai authorities were taking an interest in the \ spy hunt \ proceedings. An alarm was sent out for the car , ordering that it be stopped on Continued on nagc 7, this section BAYPORT — Proposed consoli- dation of the Bayport and Blue Point school districts will be dis- cussed at 8:30 p. m. tomorrow in the auditorium of Bayport High school at a joint meeting of resi- dents of the two districts , and the residents will gather again Tues- day night to ballot on the plan. The election meeting also will be in the Bayport High audi- torium , and that meeting also will begin at 8:30 p. m. Consolidation Meetings Friday, Tuesday Nights i Delicious candies for all occa- sions made in our own candy kit- chen. Homestead Candies , Inc., 68 E. Main St., Patchogue 2720. Adv. Plum Island Showdown Slated for Capita l Today Hattemer Heads Local Delegation To See Brannan Court Action Seen Possi- bilit y If Argument Fails ; Group Cites Hazards The case against a foot-and- mouth disease research center on Plum Island will be presented to Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan this afternoon in Washington by a special commit- tee of the Suffolk County Board of Supervisors. Brookhaven Town Supervisor Philipp A. Hattemer , chairman of the county board , heads the dele- gation of town executives and county officials who will tell the stubborn Mr. Brannan that the vast majority of Suffolk residents are bitterly opposed to the loca- tion of the livestock disease labor- atory on the government-owned island off Orient Point. In their 3 p. m. audience with the secretary in his Washington office , the Suffolk spokesmen will cite both the physical and the psychological hazards involved— the danger that the virus will spread to the mainland to infect dairy herds and other livestock , and the danger that the good name of the county and of ita farm and fishery products will be ruined if Plum Island becomes \ pest island . \ They are also expected to pro- test the two hearings held at Greenport and Bridgehampton by U. S. Department of Agriculture representatives as inadequatel y noticed and unfairly conducted. There may, furthermore , be a hint that Suffolk will cross swords with Federal authority in the courts if persuasion fails to change the mind of the man who has the say as to the location ot the $10 , 000 , 000 laboratory. Making the train trip to Wash- ington , in addition to Supervisor Hattemer , were Supervisors Nor- man Klipp of Southold , Joseph V, Kelly of Riverhead and Walter , Fasbender of Huntington , and As- sistant County Attorney Lloyd P. Dodge of Blue Poipt and Board Clerk Fred B. Hose , Jr., of Brent- wood. School Enrollment Shows 302 Jump Over Last Year ' s It' s probably just as well the Patchogue school district has a new building under construc- tion—first day enrollment at the district' s five schools yesterday shows 302 more students than made an appearance on opening day last year. Superintendent of Schools Paul A. Dassett said last night that , judging from psvst exp rience , the enrollment will increase still'fur- ther in the next few days. Here are the figures , with last year ' s opening day figu res in pa* rentheses: High school , 933 (901); Med- ford Avenue , 1)05 (568) ; Mcdfpnt Village , 153 (102); Bay Avenue , 487 (407); Rive r Avenue , 384 (342). The total registration yesterday was 2 , (!22 , compared with 2 , . 'i20 the first day lust yoar. Last vear ' s peak figure was 2 , 392. LINCOLN GOP TO MEET The first full meeting of tho. Lincoln UepuMir. 'ui club will be held at K p, in. Monday in the Grand ballroom of the Patchogue hotel. With this issue The Pat- chogue Advance celebrates the start of its eighty-second year. The first issue of \Long Island' s Leading Newspaper \ bearing the identificatio n \Vol. 1 , No. 1\ was publish- ed Friday, September 1 , 1871. From a healthy youngster , The Advance has continued to grow until today its cir- culation is running 7 , 400 each week , making it \ the newspaper with the largest circulation in Brookhaven town—the largest township in New York Stats . \ The Advance Observes Start of Its 82nd Year More news , more pictures of local happenings are published in The Ad- ance every week , than in any other Newspaper in this section of Suffolk County—Read it, be informed. CIRCULATION THIS ISSUE 7.400 THE ADVANCE IS AN ABC NEWSPAPER Munder Succeeds Ritchie As County Judge; Bogel Isli p JP Choice of Party Unanimous endorsement of Fred J. Munder of Huntington for county judge and Franklin T. Voelker of Lindenhurst for the newly-created post of Children ' s court judge , together with an ova- tion for Supreme Court Justice D. Ormonde Ritchie of Brightwa- ters , who had been elevated to the high court bench the day be- fore by Governor Thomas E. Dewey, featured the meeting of the Suffolk County Republican committee held last Thursday i night in the ballroom of the Pat- j ehogue hotel. Meanwhile , Mr. Munder was ap- | pointed county judge Friday aft- j ernoon by Governor Dewey to ; succeed Justice Ritchie for the i balance of this year. The recom- ' mendation for this appointment , i as well as that of Justice Ritchie , i had been made to the Governor j earlier in the week by County ! Chairman R. Ford Hughes of Pat- chogue , acting on the reeommen- 1 dntion of the Executive commit- All three men will be voted on ' Continued on page 7, this section GOP Committee Endorses Pair For Court Posts The Paul Whiteman Talent audition scheduled for this month by the Brookhaven Township YMCA will be held later in the fall , probably in November , it was announced this week by Weldon J. McClunkey, the YMCA' s exec- utive secretary. Mr. McCluskey said the event was postponed because of \lack of iiufflcient talent available at this time. \ Winners in the audition will lie given try-outs for the Paul Whiteman TV Teen Club television program. Scarcity of Talent Force s Delay in Y' s TV Auditions —Michael' s Photo Studio j 'It ' s a Fine Day For a Grand Opening ' And Michael James Knowles , 6-month-old son of Mr . and Mrs. Michael Joseph Knowles of Division street , Bayport , opens wide as he has a good laugh for himself looking through The Advance ' s file of \Our Younger Set\ photos. Little Mike was four months old when camera recorded the jolly scene. (Editor ' s Note: We again remind our readers that we cannot accept any- mor e photos for \Our Younger Set\ until our tremendous back- log has been exhausted.) i Our Younger Set ! Morley ' s for flowers. Telegraph service. 2S0 E. Main St. Patchogue 3-1980. —Adv.